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I've had it in the carboy for nearly a month now, still opaque. Degassed the crap out of it, followed sparkaloid directions exactly....will it eventually fall clear? can I rack and re-do the sparkaloid?

I've had a few meads before, never tried to make one. With quite a few wine kits and a few batches of skeeter pee behind us now, I want to try a mead. I was thinking a metheglin inspired by a Christmas cookie my grandmother used to make. The cookie (or bar) is called Lebkuchen (or German honey...

My wife and I have been making wine for a few months now, we used the slurry from our first batch of merlot to make some SP. After clearing, racking and flavoring we have come up with a tasty concoction that disappeared very fast. Using the merlot slurry produced quite the beautiful garnet...

When my SP is ready to be sweeetened, can I use an artificial sweetener such as Splenda to sweeten? I have a few friends with blood sugar isssues who enjoy wine but the sugar used in back sweetening may pose a problem. Bottle dry? or try to use it when bottling. I do know some soft drink...

I have an Orchard Breezin blackberry merlot kit that has been in the fermentor for 10 days now, I plan on cracking the lid open Saturday or Sunday to check the sg. If it's in the target range, I was considering using this for my first attempt at a batch of skeeter pee, would it be a good slurry...

Just wanted to say hello, been lurking here for a month or so and have already found some very useful information. My wife and I are newbies to wine making and, with my sisters help, have 3 port kits going through primary fermentation. We also bought a starter set and a Cru Orchard Breezin Mist...